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I. W. HOLLETT.

PAPER BOX.

Patented Oct. 7,

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IRA IV. I-IOLLETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HELEN S. MAGILL7 OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.i306,253, dated October 7, 1884.

Application filed July 1S, i883. (No model.)

To all whom t may concer/t:

Be it known that I, IRA W. HoLLE'rfr, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county ofl Cook and State of Illi` nois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper Boxes or Cans, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l is a side 1o View of a box provided with a cover embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the package provided with both xed head and slip-cover. Fig. 5l is a plan view of same without slip-cover. Fig.

i5 4t is a horizontal section on line 4t 4. of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing two side seams and bail. Fig. 6 is a central sectional View showing the can or package wit-hout head or cover. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view 2o showing the stud-hole in fixed head and the hinged cap.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the can or package; ]3, the bottom, and Gis the seamingclainp, preferably made ot' sheet 2 5 metal, by which the bottom and body are secured together by a liquid-tight `joint. A fange, I), is laid oft' on the bottom B by pressure or stamping, so thatthe bottom will fit closely inside the body, and then this iiange 3o and the flower edge of the body are inserted in the seaming-clamp and the two parts of the clamp pressed together firmly, so as to t'orm a liquidtight joint, or, in other words, the seaming-clamp is folded over the edges of the body and bottom. Before the botto-m is inserted the edges of the body are secured together by a seaming-clamp, D, which is of S form, one edge of the paper being embraced in each branch. of' the Sshaped clamp. This .to seaming-clamp D, however, if preferred, may

be U-shaped, or similar to that used for seaming the bottom and body together. In Fig. 5 this modification of the clamp D for the side seamis exhibited.

E represents a binding ring or clamp similar in construction to the clamp O, which is applied to the top edge ofthe body A for the purpose of protecting it as well as to give strength and rigidity to the package and to 5o preserve its form.

F is a slip-cover provided with depending flange f, the edge of which is protected and strengthened by a binding ring or clamp, f. The flange ofthe cover f is formed by stamping or pressing. The bindingf serves to hold the flange in shape and give form to the cover. The side-seam clamp' I) should extend the whole length ofthe body, so as to be embraced by the seamingelamp B at one end and the binding-clamp Il at the other. By this means 6o the clamp D will tend more to stiften the body.

Two or more sideseam clamps may be employed, if desired, either for the purpose of' giving greater rigidity to the body, or to furnish means ot' attachment for the bail G., XVhen 65 it is desired to close the package tightly at the top, I provide a secondary head, I-I, the flange 7L of which is inserted in the clamp E, and thus secured by a tight joint to the body. The head II is provided with a stud-hole, h, for lling 7o or emptying the can. This studholeis formed by cutting the cap h2 out of the central portion ofthe head Il. The cap h2, however, is not severed all the. way around, so that the unsevered part ZL may serve as a hinge. The cap should be severed on an inclined cut, so that it will be supported on the head and not shut down inside the same. The cap may be closed tight by an elastic sealing-wax or other similar material, and in addition, it desired, a 8o supplemental cap of' paper, h, may be pasted or glued over the stud-hole on top of the head.

This paper disk h" may also be used as a label.

The package may be made of' any suitable S5 kind of pape1'-as, for example, Manila paper, card-board, straw-board, or papier-macheor other suitable thin flexible or fibrous material, whether composed of one sheet or a number of sheets glued or otherwise fastened together, 9o and by the terni paper77 in this specification I wish to be understood as meaning and includin g any such material. Some of' the binding or seaming clamps need not be used-as, for example, the clamp D for the side seam- 9 5 in which case, however, I would recommend that the body be composed of at least two thicknesses of' the paper, and that they be united or glued together in such way as to break joints. And in some eases other inaico terial than sheet inetal can be used with some advantage for some of the bindingclamps; or, if the body of the box is composed of stiff Waterproofed cloth or other material, the binding maybe formed by simply turning and gluing down its upper edge; but the sheetmetal binding and seaming clamps obviously form a much stronger and better package7 and that herein shown is what Iv deem to be the best.

It will be understood that the paper or niaterial of which the box is to be made is Waterproofed or otherwise treated so as to render it suitable to hold the substance the package is designed to contain.

If the package is made of square or rectangular form, one or more side seams may be employed, orl one such seam-clamp inay be used at each corner of the package.

I am also aware that it is not new to provide the iiange of a paper cover with a lnetallic binding to protect its edge, as a paper box having such a cover is shown in the patent to F. Solomon, NOQIGQASL; b ut I do believe it to be a new and useful improvement in the manufacture of pressed paper covers to provide the edge of the same with a metallic binding, in which combination the binding serves the additional function of preventingfthe iiange of the cover from flaring or straightening out and causing it to preserve its right-angle relation to the flat or disk part of the cover. I do not Wish to be understood, therefore, as broadly claiming a nietallie binding for a paper cover, but only the same in combination with a pressed paper cover.

I clain1- The pressed paper eover Il, provided with depending` flange f and metallic bindingclasp f, substantially as specified.

IRA W. HOLLETT.

VitnesseS:

H. M. MUNDAY, EDMUND ADoocK. 

